Sensitive Covert Action Notifications [electronic resource] : Oversight Options for Congress.
Describes statutory provision authorizing "Gang of Eight" notifications, which are oral briefings of certain particularly sensitive covert action intelligence activities that the intelligence community limits to chairmen and ranking members of House and Senate intelligence committees. Disc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Describes statutory provision authorizing "Gang of Eight" notifications, which are oral briefings of certain particularly sensitive covert action intelligence activities that the intelligence community limits to chairmen and ranking members of House and Senate intelligence committees. Discusses requirements for notifications of sensitive covert actions to Congress, including changes to "Gang of Eight" notification procedures under P.L. 111-259, the FY2010 Intelligence Authorization Act. Reviews legislative history of the "Gang of Eight" notification provision, and examines impact of such notifications on Congressional oversight. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. |
| Physical Description: | 17 p., digital, PDF file. |